The Washington critic., 1887-05-09
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

General Sherman is enjoying his
well.earncd leisure with the zest Of
young mon celebrating his majority,
says The Critic New York; of Satur-
day. The discipline and formality of
military life have failed to make him
either martinez or prig; he is gen.
erous, bright and sympathetic man, as
well as q brave soldier and q great com.
mander. Not long ago Mr.. DAILY cele.
brated the hundrcdth performance OF
"The Tanning of the Shrew'' with q
supper served at an immense round
table placed In the centre Of the stage
of his theatre. A number Of we'll.
known non professionals sat down with
the leading actors of the company.
General Sherman presided, with Miss
Ada Rchan at his right, 1t was mid.
night when they sat down and five
O'Clock when they rose to go. just
before the party broke up, the General
expressed to Mr.. Daily his qualification
at having been able TO take part In so
enjoyable q celebration. Then turning
TO the actors and actresses, he paid
glowing compliment to the dramatic
art. lie concluded by speaking of 1T
wonderful power of expressing human
emotions. But, said he, slowly aud
impressivcly. If you have ever heard
the bugle call 10 battle--if you have
ever seen rifle leveled to kill,
and heard the bullet whistle through
the air-if a wounded comrade has ever
tat Of fna nj ha,
put your hand upon his heart and felt
1t flutter and go out, you will realize
that there are some things your art
cannot express. Good night I And
the hushed and attentive actors felt
that the General had made rs dramatic
an exit as any that was ever made upon
the stage.
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The reunion of the Argonauts of 40,
says the Washington Hatchet, promises
to be not only perfect success, but a
highly interesting affair. In proper
tion to the number of hardy pioneers
who braved the almost unknown Pacific
Slope, Washington and Its immediate
surrounding country stands ahead Of
any other part of the United States In
numbers, and the survivors who have
returned and are now residents at the
National Capital are sufficiently numer.
ous to organize very respectfully sized
body to-day. 1t is safe to predict that
at their gathering together In their
Argonautic explorations Of Marshall
Hail, tales, stories and "reminiscences
Of the shadowy past " i'll be rehearsed,
which, In many cases, will cast the
champion bass fisherman of the upper
Potomac into outer darkness, and even
make the newspaper historians Of the
late war draw long, despondent breaths.
q Speaking Of these Argonauts, II Is won
derful what a hardy, hearty, young.
looking, or rather young feeling set of
men they are. They certainly must
have been giants of endurance in those
days of '4S and 40, when we see the
pioneers of that time as hale, active and
as actively. engaged in the various avo.
cations OF life to-day as their business
associates who were unborn when they
crossed the Rocky Mountains.
Mr.. Greger Of the Russian Legation.
who conducts the paper hunts which
have SO much engaged the attention ol
the fashionable world here of late, Is q
handsome, stout young fellow, says the
Washington correspondent of the Mil
waukee Sentinel. looking rather Sulli
vanesque in the face, and possessed oi
n large fortune, which makes 1t rare
sport for him to put up the costly
prizes he gives the winners who ride In
first at the end of the hunt. At tht
hunt this week young lady was one
of the hares, and sprinkled pink bits o.
paper along the route which she ant
her fellow hares took. Greger himself
rides q dashing black stallion, and is .
horseman of great skill. He served
for time with the Cossacks In ordel
to acquire all the arts Of horseman
ship and the craft Of guerrilla warfare
He has $4,000 year as secretary o
legation, and is now getting $50 900
the salary of Minister, during the ab
sence of Mr.. De Struve In Europe. d,
Struve Is called away by the i'll healtl
of his wife, a slight little fair.hairct
lady, whose large family of little chill
dren and the eXactions of social lf,
greatly wearied her. 1t is said d,
Struvc will be assigned to some Euro
pean court. In which event Mr.. Greger
the secretary, will be appointed MI n